A transition from animal proteins to more plant products could help with the food crisis while offering farmers a more sustainable income.
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The UK’s strict sanctions for welfare claimants can leave many women trapped in “off the books” work.
The latest floods exposed the deep vulnerability of many mountain communities in eastern Kentucky, where land ownership patterns and other barriers to recovery can leave residents with few options.
Rural violence is a huge problem in South Africa that deserves a strong response. But white people are not the only casualties.
New research shows how much we’d need to increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance to bring retirees who rent out of poverty.
A$95 billion worth of USAID programs have been brought to a screeching halt. It’s a devastating decision for developing nations, but also for US foreign policy.
Both genres recently celebrated big birthdays. From their origins in the clubs and jams of the 1970s and 1980s, house and hip-hop have become global cultural forces.
Pierre Poilievre’s recent 100-minute interview with controversial media commentator, Jordan Peterson, provided some clues about the Conservative leader’s political ideology.
New research shows kids with more positive experiences – from stable routines to enriching social activities – were significantly less likely to be obese by age eight.
A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a jihadist state in west Africa.
Poverty levels in the country are now above 50% and yet president Javier Milei’s approval ratings remain stable.
Ghana’s economy has struggled over the past four years.
What does it mean if young men sense that their masculinity is under threat? Or if they sense a bleak and hopeless future?
South Africa’s social relief grant has enabled recipients to search for work or start small businesses.
Travelling remains time-consuming, precarious, and shockingly dangerous for most South Africans 30 years after apartheid has ended.
Military coups are making a comeback: it’s a return to one of postcolonial Africa’s political traditions.
Even though her most famous work, ‘Bastard out of Carolina,’ deals with physical and sexual abuse, this merely constitutes one element of a broader emotional and physical landscape.
The political unrest in Mozambique reflects discontent with the status quo, including limited opportunities for advancement.
If real, inflation-adjusted wages are up, then why are millions of Americans so down about their economic prospects?
Botswana, a diamond-rich country of 2.5 million people, has high levels of poverty and unemployment.
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Sol Plaatje University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Economics, Fordham University
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Senior Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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DSTI/NRF Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development, University of Johannesburg
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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
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Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Senior Researcher, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand